Whenever we have family reunions I always look for Uncle Mike. He is the life of any party he attends. Otherwise, the reunions are pretty boring. We have a lot of doctors and bankers in the family, and all that stuff bores me to tears. Uncle Mike is the black sheep of the family, and the only one of my extended family who I really love. Two years ago I talked to him at a reunion, and he asked if I was 18 yet. I had just turned 18, and so he offered me a joint of amazing cannabis, and said “happy birthday.” It turns out that Uncle Mike was a black sheep because he was a professional cannabis farmer. My family has always been pretty straight-laced, so it’s little surprise they acted like growing marijuana was some kind of horrible sin. After that, Uncle Mike and I got along really well, but I never bought any cannabis from him because I thought it would get him in trouble with the family. I have been wondering how the new legalization of medical marijuana will impact the way the family thinks of him. After all, growing cannabis is no longer illegal like it used to be, so does that mean the family won’t shun him anymore? Personally I think they are all a bunch of hypocrites, slamming beers and shots while condemning the use of cannabis plants. It’s fine to avoid using marijuana if you don’t like it, but to hold it against a member of your own family seems petty and callow to me.